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Falter magazine (Austria) | The myth of labour flexibility

Detail of the article as published by Falter. Illustration: Jochen Schievink

Millions of Europeans in temporary, part-time or bogus self-employed contracts can only find insecure and badly paid jobs, despite the healthy economic climate. That is the price of deregulating labour markets, Investigate Europe reports. The precarisation, as sociologists call it, was created intentionally.

Read the original article in German (paid content) as it was published by Falter magazine, Investigate Europe’s media partner in Austria.

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